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Mid-Atlantic firm ParenteBeard Partner Julius Green will receive the 2011 Volunteer Service Award of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs Friday during the group’s annual meeting and luncheon at The Sofitel Philadelphia.

CPA certifications of government audits are in demand these days, but as usual CPAs need to be careful of what they’re signing off on.

CCH Small Firm Services celebrated Earth Day by donating professional recording and studio equipment to local Pine Mountain Middle School in Kennesaw, Ga.

Maryland CPA and business consulting firm McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond is turning up the heat on client and staff relations, hosting a series of “Fire It Up!” BBQs this summer and launching its blog of accounting insights.

Forget about setting up a post office box in Switzerland or Grand Cayman Island. The small village of Mark, Ill., is allowing one fuel oil company to save about $23 million in sales taxes, interest and penalties.

As the face—and gender—of leading accounting professionals is expected to change with the next generation, women will be critical to the success of their firms, according to the 2011 Accounting MOVE Project Executive Report released today.

One of my partner clients logged 127 personal billable hours during the last week of tax season. As hard as this is to imagine, think about only getting paid for about 90 of those hours. That’s right—give 30 percent away for free.

Two of the standards-setting boards that operate under the auspices of the International Federation of Accountants have issued proposed revisions in their standards for assurance engagements other than audits or reviews, and in the area of public sector accounting.

Business professionals already have limited time to workout. When adding the variable of traveling into the mix, things only get more complicated.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board is proposing changes in how the professional competence of accountants should be assessed.